2014 NHL Entry Draft Combine Results

This was the 21st time the annual NHL Draft Combine had been held. The combine assessment involves interviews, medical screenings, and fitness tests over a four-day period. The combine was administered as usual by Dr. Norm Gledhill, a professor of kinesiology at York University, with the assistance of employees and graduate students from the York University Human Performance Lab. Below are the results of the fitness assessments for the 2014 NHL Scouting Combine (see details of the testing procedures).

The world's top ice hockey prospects are invited to the combine, with over 100 draft-eligible players from North American and Europe being tested at the Toronto Congress Centre, Canada. The combine was held from May 26 to 31. See the complete list of 2014 combine invitees. See also a summary of previous NHL Entry Draft Combine Results.

Top 10 Lists

Below are the top 10 fitness test results from available data. This year there were a few new tests: overhand pull-ups, single leg squats (both legs) and pro agility tests replaced push-ups, the push-pull station and the seated medicine ball throw.

Weight

Rank

First Name

Last Name

Team

League

Pos

Weight

1

NICHOLAS

RITCHIE

PETERBOROUGH

OHL

LW

226

2

RYAN

MANTHA

INDIANA

USHL

D

225

3

CONNOR

CHATHAM

PLYMOUTH

OHL

RW

222

4

KEEGAN

IVERSON

PORTLAND

WHL

C/RW

219

5

ALEXIS

PEPIN

GATINEAU

QMJHL

LW

218

6

AARON

EKBLAD

BARRIE

OHL

D

216

7

ALEXIS

VANIER

BAIE-COMEAU

QMJHL

D

215

8

ALEX

TUCH

USA U-18

USHL

RW

213

9

KAAPO

KAHKONEN

BLUES JR.

FINLAND-JR.

G

209

10

ADAM

OLLAS MATTSSON

DJURGARDEN JR.

SWEDEN-JR.

D

209

Height

Rank

First Name

Last Name

Team

League

Pos

Height

1

HUNTER

SMITH

OSHAWA

OHL

RW

6' 6.5"

2

RYAN

COLLINS

USA U-18

USHL

D

6' 5.0"

3

BEAU

STARRETT

SOUTH SHORE

USPHL PRE.

C/LW

6' 4.75"

4

RYAN

MANTHA

INDIANA

USHL

D

6' 4.5"

5

ALEXIS

VANIER

BAIE-COMEAU

QMJHL

D

6' 4.5"

6

EDWIN

MINNEY

USA U-18

USHL

G

6' 4.25"

7

ADAM

OLLAS MATTSSON

DJURGARDEN JR.

SWEDEN-JR.

D

6' 4.0"

8

BRETT

LERNOUT

SWIFT CURRENT

WHL

D

6' 4.0"

9

MASON

MCDONALD

CHARLOTTETOWN

QMJHL

G

6' 4.0"

10

MARCUS

PETTERSSON

SKELLEFTEA JR.

SWEDEN-JR.

D

6' 4.0"

Wingspan

Rank

Result (inches)

Player

1

81.0

Beau Starrett

2

80.0

Hunter Smith

3

80.0

Ryan Mantha

4

79.5

Marcus Pettersson

5

79.5

Thomas (Chase) Perry

6

79.0

Aaron Ekblad

7

79.0

Sonny Milano

8

79.0

Alex Tuch

9

79.0

Ryan Collins

10

79.0

Leon Draisaitl

Skinfolds / Body Fat

Rank

sum 6 skinfolds (mm)

% bodyfat (Yuhasz)

Player

1

25.2

6.1

Robert Fabbri

2

27.8

6.3

Marcus Pettersson

3

32.2

6.8

David Pastrnak

4

32.8

6.8

Darby Llewllyn

5

35.2

7.1

Sonny Milano

6

36.4

7.2

Olivier Leblanc

7

36.6

7.2

Dominic Turgeon

8

37.2

7.3

Nikolaj Ehlers

9

37.2

7.3

Spenser Watson

10

37.8

7.3

Luc Snuggerud

Grip Strength

Right Hand

Rank

Score (lb)

Player

1

171

Alexander Peters

2

163

Brandon Hickey

3

149

Emil Johansson

4

148

Ben Thomas

5

146

Alex Schoenborn

6

144

Jayce Haweyluk

7

144

Arron Ekblad

8

142

Leon Draisaitl

9

140

Travis Sanheim

10

140

Ryan Donato

Left Hand

Rank

Score (lb)

Player

1

164

Alexander Peters

2

155

Sonny Milano

3

154

Conner Chatham

4

148

Brandon Hickey

5

148

Arron Ekblad

6

148

Edwin Minney

7

148

Hayden Fleury

8

147

Jayden Lindo

9

139

Jakub Vrana

10

138

Julien Pelletier

Bench Press Test (no. of reps at 150 lbs.)

Rank

Score (reps)

Player

1

19

JULIEN PELLETIER

2

18

SHANE EISERMAN

3

18

CONNOR CHATHAM

4

17

JADEN LINDO

5

17

BRETT LERNOUT

6

17

ALEX TUCH

7

15

JACOB MIDDLETON

8

15

ADAM OLLAS MATTSSON

9

14

BRENDAN LEMIEUX

10

14

JAYCE HAWRYLUK

Standing Long Jump

Rank

Distance
(inches)

PLAYER

1

118

SHANE GERSICH

2

115

BRANDON HICKEY

3

114.5

MATHESON IACOPELLI

4

113

BRETT LERNOUT

5

113

WARREN FOEGELE

6

113

JONAS JOHANSSON

7

112

CONNER BLEACKLEY

8

111.5

ADRIAN KEMPE

9

111

JAYCE HAWRYLUK

10

110

BRANDON HALVERSON

Vertical Jump (with pause)

Rank

Height
(inches)

Player

1

35.5

SHANE GERSICH

2

33.0

LUC SNUGGERUD

3

32.5

CONNOR CHATHAM

4

31.5

BRETT LERNOUT

5

31.5

MILES GENDRON

6

31.0

STEVEN SPINNER

7

30.5

ALEXANDER PETERS

8

30.0

BRENDAN PERLINI

9

29.5

WARREN FOEGELE

10

29.5

JARED MCCANN

Vertical Jump (no pause)

Rank

Height
(inches)

Player

1

35.0

SHANE GERSICH

2

33.0

LUC SNUGGERUD

3

33.0

Brett Lernout

4

33.0

ALEXANDER PETERS

5

33.0

MILES GENDRON

6

32.0

STEVEN SPINNER

7

31.0

WARREN FOEGELE

8

31.0

JARED MCCANN

9

31.0

BRENDAN PERLINI

10

31.0

Blake Siebenaler

Pull Ups

This was the first year that the pull-up test was included in the combine. Although being first in NHL Central Scouting's final 2014 draft rankings, the Kingston Frontenacs centre Bennett finished last in the pull-ups, he could not do any at all..

Rank

Score

Player

1

13

JOSHUA HO-SANG

2

12

BRETT LERNOUT

3

12

JAYCE HAWRYLUK

4

12

ALEXANDER PETERS

5

12

DAVID PASTRNAK

6

11

ANTHONY DEANGELO

7

11

CHASE DE LEO

8

11

MATHESON IACOPELLI

9

11

SONNY MILANO

10

11

FRANCIS PERRON

Single Leg Squats (score is out of 75)

Right Leg

Rank

Score

Player

1

74

Marcus Pettersson

2

73

Kaapo Kahkonen

3

69

Reid Duke

4

68

Luc Snuggerud

5

65

Jonas Johansson

6

65

Brendan Perlini

7

65

Brandon HIckey

8

65

Olivier LeBlanc

9

64

Roland McKeown

10

64

Sonny Milano

Left Leg

Rank

Score

Player

1

75

Reid Duke

2

75

Julius Honka

3

74

Jonas Johansson

4

73

Kaapo Kahkonen

5

71

Mitchell Slattery

6

69

Roland McKeown

7

69

Darby Llewellyn

8

67

Francis Perron

9

66

Marcus Pettersson

10

65

Olivier LeBlanc

Pro-Agilty Test

left

Rank

Time
(seconds)

Player

1

4.25

Jayce Hawryluk

2

4.28

William Nylander

3

4.28

Brandon Hickey

4

4.31

Brendan Lemieux

5

4.34

Shane Gersich

6

4.38

Nick Schmaltz

7

4.40

Aaron Irving

8

4.43

Steven Spinner

9

4.44

Darby Llewellyn

10

4.44

Matheson Iacopelli

right

Rank

Time
(seconds)

Player

1

4.25

Brandon Hickey

2

4.28

William Nylander

3

4.28

Shane Gersich

4

4.34

Matheson Iacopelli

5

4.41

Jayce Hawryluk

6

4.44

Mason McDonald

7

4.47

Alexander Peters

8

4.50

Brendan Lemieux

9

4.50

Michael Bunting

10

4.50

Nikolaj Ehlers

Wingate Test - Average Power Output (watts/kg)

Rank

Score
(watts/kg)

Player

1

11.6

WILLIAM NYLANDER

2

11.3

KASPERI KAPANEN

3

11.3

JAYCE HAWRYLUK

4

11.1

NICK SCHMALTZ

5

11.1

ONDREJ KASE

6

11.0

BLAKE SIEBENALER

7

11.0

DYLAN SADOWY

8

11.0

SHANE GERSICH

9

10.9

MILES GENDRON

10

10.9

RYAN MACINNIS

Wingate Test - Peak Power Output (watts/kg)

Rank

Score
(watts/kg)

Player

1

17.5

WILLIAM NYLANDER

2

16.8

Conner Bleackley

3

16.3

SHANE GERSICH

4

15.5

KASPERI KAPANEN

5

5.3

BLAKE SIEBENALER

6

15.2

Vladimir Tkachev

7

15.1

RYAN MACINNIS

8

15.1

Warren Foegele

9

15.1

Michael Bunting

10

15.1

Brandon Halverson

Wingate Test - Fatigue Index

Rank

Score
(watts/kg)

Player

1

37.3

CHRISTIAN DVORAK

2

39.6

ALEX NEDELJKOVIC

3

40.8

MATHESON IACOPELLI

4

40.9

VILLE HUSSO

5

40.9

JULIEN NANTEL

6

42.9

SONNY MILANO

7

43.4

ROLAND MCKEOWN

8

43.6

MATTHEW MISTELE

9

44

DYLAN SADOWY

10

44.4

JACK GLOVER

AEROBIC FITNESS - VO2max test max

Rank

Score (ml/kg/min)

Player

1

67.4

MICHAEL BUNTING

2

65.8

DARBY LLEWELLYN

3

64

DYLAN SADOWY

4

63.2

ALEX SCHOENBORN

5

62.5

JOSH WESLEY

6

62.4

BRAYDEN POINT

7

62.2

MARCUS PETTERSSON

8

61.9

DYLAN LARKIN

9

61.9

BRANDON HICKEY

10

61.6

BRYCEN MARTIN

AEROBIC FITNESS - VO2max test duration

Rank

Score (ml/kg/min)

Player

1

15:00

Clark Bishop

2

14:00

Sonny Milano

3

14:00

Emil Johansson

4

14:00

Blake Weyrick

5

14:00

Blake Siebenaler

6

13:00

Hunter Smith

7

13:00

Eric Cornel

8

13:00

Reid Duke

9

13:00

Nicolas Aube-Kubel

10

13:00

Sam Reinhart

Hand-Eye Coordination test

Rank

Total

Name

1

12.3

SHANE GERSICH

2

14.2

NELSON NOGIER

3

14.4

NICOLAS AUBE-KUBEL

4

14.7

WILLIAM NYLANDER

5

14.9

REID DUKE

6

14.9

BRANDON HICKEY

7

14.9

FRANCIS PERRON

8

15.1

DOMINIK MASIN

9

15.3

JONAS JOHANSSON

10

15.5

STEVEN SPINNER

Four Jump Mat

Rank

Seconds

Name

1

0.23

JOHN QUENNEVILLE

2

0.25

BRENDAN LEMIEUX

3

0.26

MILES GENDRON

4

0.27

CHASE DE LEO

5

0.27

MICHAEL DAL COLLE

6

0.28

JONAS JOHANSSON

7

0.31

MATHESON IACOPELLI

8

0.31

JAYCE HAWRYLUK

9

0.31

JOSHUA JACOBS

10

0.32

ALEXANDER PETERS

Hex Agility - Right

Rank

Seconds

Name

1

3.00

HAYDN FLEURY

2

3.21

REID DUKE

3

3.23

KASPERI KAPANEN

4

3.23

SAM REINHART

5

3.31

BRYCEN MARTIN

6

3.35

OLIVIER LEBLANC

7

3.36

CHASE DE LEO

8

3.36

DANIEL AUDETTE

9

3.38

BRENDAN LEMIEUX

10

3.39

ANTHONY DEANGELO

Hex Agility - Left

Rank

Seconds

Name

1

3

RYAN DONATO

2

3.01

RYAN COLLINS

3

3.04

DYLAN SADOWY

4

3.04

TRAVIS SANHEIM

5

3.23

JACK GLOVER

6

3.25

CHASE DE LEO

7

3.32

ERIC CORNEL

8

3.36

SONNY MILANO

9

3.36

AUSTIN POGANSKI

10

3.37

NICK SCHMALTZ

Source

list derived from results published on http://nhl.com and elsewhere online